page_title: Name of Australia
hierarchical_section_title: Name of Australia
caption_attribution_description: English: The name Australia was specifically applied to the continent for the first time - Zoology of New Holland - Shaw, George,1751-1813; Sowerby, James,1757-1822 Page 2
context_page_description: Aboriginal communities in Australia name their claim to individual hunter/gathering territories but do not have a continent wide collective consciousness.
  The name Australia is derived from the Latin australis, meaning "southern", and specifically from the hypothetical Terra Australis postulated in pre-modern geography. The name was popularised by the explorer Matthew Flinders from 1804, and it has been in official use since 1817, replacing "New Holland," the Dutch name, as the name for the continent.
context_section_description: Aboriginal communities in Australia name their claim to individual hunter/gathering territories but do not have a continent wide collective consciousness (ie: what we call Australia). 
  The name Australia (pronounced /əˈstreɪliə/ in Australian English) is derived from the Latin australis, meaning "southern", and specifically from the hypothetical Terra Australis postulated in pre-modern geography. The name was popularised by the explorer Matthew Flinders from 1804, and it has been in official use since 1817, replacing "New Holland," the Dutch name, as the name for the continent.
caption: The name Australia was specifically applied to the continent for the first time in 1794.[5]
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